by Heather Chetwynd | Nov 10, 2023 | Language Training
Continuing with my series on English consonants, in this video I explain the remaining two main categories of consonant – glides (W & Y) and liquids (L & R). After this initial explanation of the main categories, I still have two more sub-categories to explain...
by Heather Chetwynd | Oct 5, 2023 | Language Training
In this post I talk about a category of English consonants called nasals. Nasal consonants are those that release sound through the nose. In some languages, nasal sounds permeate the vowels and a variety of consonants. In English, there are only three nasal...
by Heather Chetwynd | Oct 5, 2023 | Language Training
Following up on my previous video post about two categories into which all English consonants can be divided – either stops or continuants, in this video post I will discuss consonants which have friction. Technically called affricates and fricatives, their common...
by Heather Chetwynd | Oct 5, 2023 | Language Training
This is the first video in my series on a variety of aspects of pronunciation, starting with the consonants. I would say the consonants hold the vowels to create words. And in this first video, I talk about two basic categories that all consonants can be divided into...
by Heather Chetwynd | Jun 9, 2023 | Human Resources
“An employee in our company is required to regularly present online. The problem is her presentations are very unclear. Are there some recommendations you can make to support internationally trained employees to more effectively present online?” In today’s...
